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Giant 140kg shipment of meth bound for NZ uncovered in Canada
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Loafers Lodge residents are struggling to piece their lives back together.
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Why senior female leader quit committee at Western Springs Football Club
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Anaru Eketone: We have to find better ways of disagreeing than 'shouting down'
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Jarrod Gilbert: The grey area of white supremacy
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‘Sociological loonies’: Winston Peters says Police Ten 7 axed due to 'cancel culture'
He said "woke cancel culture has now overtaken any sense of reality".
Marine vet who fatally choked New York subway rider freed pending trial
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‘Mum, Dad, I’m trans gender’: What to do if your child wants to transition
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Coronation commentators' jibes about Tuvalu met with anger and disbelief.
'Unfair': Son unhappy his mum declined visa after she overstayed after having medical treatment
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Fake escorts demand PayPal 'deposits' in Snapchat sex scam
Some targets are likely "too embarrassed" to report fake escort scam.
'Only the hood can change the hood' - youth worker Sully Paea
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'Real risk': Low infant jab rate adds to whooping cough outbreak fears
'We need to enable whānau to make informed decisions'.
Napier's Pat Magill - saint or stirrer?
Pat Magill, social justice campaigner extraordinaire, lived all his 96 years in Napier
K’ Road shop owners’ despair: ‘I come to work every day ready to fight’
Business owners say they don’t go a day without being robbed or harassed.
Sausage sizzle, grocery vouchers: Immunisation day aims to lift low childhood jab rates
Whānau need to know it's "not too late to catch up on any missed vaccinations".
Street racers need a 'safe, controlled' space, says 'petrolhead' ex-mayor, advocates
Community leaders support calls for safe venues after illegal street racing gatherings.
Thomas Coughlan: New tax not coming today - but don’t rule out tomorrow
Wealthy people aren't paying much tax - and the Government isn't changing that.
IRD opens the books: How much tax do NZ’s wealthiest pay?
The Government will today reveal how much tax the rich pay compared to ordinary Kiwis.
'Unbelievably irresponsible': Assisted death doctors warned they may be publicly named
One health practioner said it would "paint targets" on doctors' and nurses' backs.
Social housing plans spark town meeting in Kerikeri
Organisers say they support more social housing but it needs to be part of a broader plan.